The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-03-12
A PLOT FOR DAUDET.
A Mining Romance from the West Very
Hard to Beat.

A Mining Romance from the West Very
Hard to Beat.
From the Dtarer Rtpat!icdR.
One of the romances of mining comes
paper. 1t is to the effect that Sandy
Bowers mansion at Franktown, New, is
being torn down. Sandy Bowers was
one of the lucky characters in Nevada in
an early day, when mining claims were
divided into feet and the operations of
the bunco stock dealer were unknown.
Sandy owned ten feet on the Bowers
claim on the Comstock, now known as
the Imperial Consolidated, and certain
good-lookiLg girl owned another ten
feet. When the bonanza on the claim
was struck the ownership of single
foot made man wealthy. Sandy was
more than wealthy-he had money to
throw to the dogs, and while he did not
literally throw it that way, he threw lots
of it to the boys who needed it, To know
Sandy Bowers was to have a sure thing
on a stake. When money was coming
i'll most plentiiully Sandy and the pretty
girl to whom he had given ten feet on
the Bowers joined their fortunes and got
mari led, ana went to Europe ON wed
ding trip. Sandy was no fool. He could
well act the part of a cultured gentleman
and MIS- Bowers could act the part of a
lady. They obtained an introduction to
artist, cratic and royal circles i'll nearly
every country they visited, aud they
made their tour last thee years. Mrs.
Bowers was presented to Queen VIC
tolia and she cut quite dash III Partisan
circles.
During his absence Sandy instructed
his Nevada agent to build him palace
i'll a certain spot at Flanktown. the
location was beautifully chosen. 1t was
on the edge OF Il plain, close to the foot
of a pine covered mountain, out of W hose
side 5 bubble hot and cold water springs.
The palace was built OF cut granite 1t
was long, vice building with "a wing
upon each side, and a glass conservatory
Oh one side. 1t contained seventy rooms,
each one large, and with high ceilings.
The staircases We're wide and of the
most costly and beautiful wood. The
bathrooms were finished in marble aid
every portion of the interior of the house
was as fine as it could be. The hot and
c'ld springs carried water to the house
and the beautiful lawn surrounding it,
and made lakes and fountains. In one
small pond was pretty island, on which
was "a birdhouse made of glass. The
stables We're filled with blooded stock
and the conservatory with rare and
costly plants.
MIR. and Mrs Bowers entertained
splen'idly, and the latch-string WAS al
ways out. No tired. fooJsore or dead
broke prospector ever knocked at the
door in vain. Sandy never forgot his
old com panions or his old occupation,
and, as the boys said, ''he didn't feel
id Tit bigger than he did before he
wore billed shirts" But it didn't last
long, for one day Sandy died, leaving his
widow with one little yellow haired girl
After his death Mrs. Bowers became the
victim of very interruptions swindler
and soon became involved i'll debt She
rented the house for a dance house and
kindred purposes, and it rapidly went to
ruin. Finally the little girl died and
was buried on the mountain side beside
her father. Her death broke the spirit
of Mrs. Bowers. who had by that time
lost her diamonds and every thing she
owned, and she gave up the place to the
man who held the mortgage on it. That
man was one of the penniless prospectors
who had been entertained at her house
IN the days of her prosperity. The
whirigig of mining fortune brought him
his luck, and he is now solid citizen of
Reno. AS for Mrs. Bowers, she is an
astrologer and fortune-teller in San
Francisco